A Nightmare on Elm Street

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

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2010

1h 36m

Horror

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Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley), terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when one of their number dies violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

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Critics Consensus

Visually faithful but lacking the depth and subversive twists that made the original so memorable, the Nightmare on Elm Street remake lives up to its title in the worst possible way.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/11/2017

D+

It's cliched, boring, and anticlimactic.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

09/07/2011

B-

I did jump a few times, and I liked Haley's dour malevolence, but overall, the new Nightmare on Elm Street is a by-the-numbers bad dream.

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Christine Champ

Film.com

05/06/2011

B

Freddy's back -- and he's slicker and more sinister than ever.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 4

1/4

It isn’t just Elm Street that’s affected; you’ll find a nightmare on any street housing a couch potato with the misfortune to be watching this.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Oct 6

5/10

As the final word on Elm Street, this is strangely leaden stuff.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11

2/5

Like countless other reboots, this leans into all of the wrong things people liked about this franchise.

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Chris P

@Xiao_Proxies 6d

The 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street isn't quite the disaster many claim it to be. Taken as a standalone horror movie, it works reasonably well: it has a darker modern look, a few decent scares, and maintains a steady pace that makes it watchable from start to finish. That said, as a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 masterpiece, it falls far short. Freddy lacks the sinister charisma that made him iconic, the dream sequences feel generic, and the film struggles to recreate the surreal terror of the original. Instead, it ends up as another conventional slasher with a familiar name attached. It's not terrible as a basic horror film, but a weak and disappointing remake when compared to the original classic.

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Blake T.

@RT70511626 Apr 10

This movie has terrible acting. Freddy is not scary. They basically twisted everything that was good in the original and made it complete crap would not recommend seeing this movie or spending a dime on it this movie is a waste of time when you got good movies that actually try like the original

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Luis Ivan M

@RT79996638 Apr 8

An unspectacular remake of a now-classic horror film. It improves slightly by exploring themes of childhood trauma and sleep disorders, with a clear structure and a mystery that leads to a somewhat predictable twist. However, contrivances and unrealistic character behavior make parts of the story hard to accept. Combined with one-dimensional characters and some flat performances, the film can feel more amateurish than it is. On the positive side, the camerawork is solid and the special effects mostly work, despite some noticeable CGI. The new Freddy Krueger is a different take that, while not perfect, I appreciated. It’s not particularly scary beyond a few jump scares, and while it delivers on a basic level, it lacks ambition. Compared to others in the genre, it falls short, making it hard to recommend, though it isn’t outright bad.

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Jamie W

@AlmostFamous44 Mar 20

Trash. Not even Robert Englund could have saved this dumpster fire.

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Evan I.

@WhyteTiger Mar 14

Not as bad as it seems. However I wish he was actually innocent and had a real motive.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 4

The worldwide gross is $115,695,182.00.

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Synopsis

Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man, Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley), terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when one of their number dies violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

Director: Samuel Bayer
Producer: Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Screenwriter: Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Platinum Dunes
Rating: R (Language|Disturbing Images|Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Terror)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 30, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $63.1M
Runtime: 1h 36m

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